PREZIOSI (AMADEO) STAMBOUL: RECOLLECTIONS OF EASTERN LIFE, 1858 first edition, Lemercier Paris, a tinted lithograph title page and twenty-nine chromolithograph plates, each titled in English and French, showing scenes and characters from Istanbul, gilt edged and bound by J. Leighton of Brewer Street with marbled end pages, in blue Morocco with tooled gilt decoration, each plate 540 x 405mm approx. Provenance Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Library, Halton House, Buckinghamshire Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) The Trustees of Exbury House Literature Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'Preziosi Stamboul £1.0.0.' Catalogue Note Paper label applied to inside page, inscribed 'To Baron Alfred de Rothschild, 20th July 1889, from J.C.G.'. A second paper label with an inscription in Arabic applied beneath. Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882) was a popular Maltese painter and traveller. He was a resident of Istanbul and was famous for views and depictions of local culture and costumes. His workshop was routinely visited by tourists wishing to return home from Istanbul with a souvenir, Edward VII visited him in April 1869.